BTCC Rockingham: Cammish fastest across two practice sessions

Mike Bushell was second fastest overall, ahead of championship leader Tom Ingram.

Cammish explained that radical set-up changes to his Civic between the first and second sessions helped improve the performance of the hatchback.

"We were a way away in the first session, but I trust the guys and they just put a different set-up on it for the second session and it worked really well," he said.

"I haven't driven a touring car around here before and there is more time to come from me - as well as from the car itself. I am looking forward to qualifying."

Team Hard racer Bushell put his VW CC second in the timesheets, and he is also confident of an increase in pace in qualifying.

"We have been knocking on the door of showing this kind of pace in recent meetings, so I am pleased we have been able to unlock it here," he said.

"It is a credit to the hard work of the lads, and I think we can find even more speed from the car too."

Ingram was fastest in the opening session, which put him third overall in the combined times in his Speedworks Toyota Avensis, which is fitted with 75kg of success ballast.

"I am happy with the way it's going," said Ingram.

"I think the time we set in FP1 put us out of position, but fifth in FP2 is more realistic. We are aiming to qualify in the top 10 with the weight we have got on and I think we can achieve that."

Senna Proctor set the fourth best time in his Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra, while Rob Austin was fifth with his time from the opening 40-minute session.

Jack Goff was eighth in session two but said he was not yet happy with the handling of his car Eurotech Honda Civic Type R, which is fitted with 48kg of success ballast.

"We need to get into the sweet spot, and it is a very specific thing with this car," he said.

"But, when you look at how close the times are, we don't need to take a huge leap to be up there."

Colin Turkington, second in the standings heading into the weekend, was 14th in the free practice two but said he was pleased with progress in his car laden with 66kgs.

"We are not in bad shape all things considered," he said. "We have made a big step forward from FP1 to FP2 with the balance of the car.

"It is always going be tough with the weight but we traditionally go faster in qualifying, so I think we will be able to improve."

FP1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Gap	Laps
1	Tom Ingram	Speedworks	Toyota	1m55.171s	6
2	Rob Austin	HMS Racing	Alfa Romeo	0.288s	6
3	Sam Tordoff	Motorbase	Ford	0.453s	5
4	Andrew Jordan	WSR	BMW	0.478s	6
5	Adam Morgan	Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes	0.498s	6
6	Mike Bushell	Team Hard	Volkswagen	0.566s	7
7	Sam Smelt	AmD Tuning	Audi	0.591s	6
8	Josh Cook	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	0.624s	6
9	Tom Oliphant	Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes	0.679s	6
10	Daniel Lloyd	BTC Norlin	Honda	0.791s	5
11	Tom Chilton	Motorbase	Ford	0.900s	6
12	Chris Smiley	BTC Norlin	Honda	0.975s	6
13	Jack Goff	Eurotech Racing	Honda	0.987s	5
14	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing	Honda	1.007s	6
15	Aiden Moffat	Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes	1.039s	7
16	Dan Cammish	Team Dynamics	Honda	1.097s	6
17	Stephen Jelley	Team Parker Racing	BMW	1.285s	7
18	Ollie Jackson	AmD Tuning	Audi	1.354s	7
19	Jason Plato	Team BMR	Subaru	1.511s	6
20	Rory Butcher	AmD Tuning	MG	1.578s	7
21	Colin Turkington	WSR	BMW	1.657s	6
22	Ash Sutton	Team BMR	Subaru	1.692s	6
23	James Cole	Motorbase	Ford	1.727s	7
24	Bobby Thompson	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1.743s	7
25	Senna Proctor	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	1.806s	6
26	Matt Neal	Team Dynamics	Honda	2.064s	6
27	Matt Simpson	Eurotech Racing	Honda	2.105s	6
28	Michael Caine	Team Hard	Volkswagen	2.535s	6
29	Ricky Collard	WSR	BMW	2.645s	6
30	Glynn Geddie	AmD Tuning	MG	3.034s	6
31	Ollie Pidgley	Team Hard	Volkswagen	3.232s	5

FP2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Gap	Laps
1	Dan Cammish	Team Dynamics	Honda	1m22.817s	18
2	Mike Bushell	Team Hard	Volkswagen	0.019s	15
3	Senna Proctor	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	0.511s	16
4	Matt Simpson	Eurotech Racing	Honda	0.524s	17
5	Tom Ingram	Speedworks	Toyota	0.603s	14
6	Sam Tordoff	Motorbase	Ford	0.624s	16
7	Adam Morgan	Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes	0.629s	15
8	Jack Goff	Eurotech Racing	Honda	0.648s	20
9	Bobby Thompson	Team Hard	Volkswagen	0.649s	13
10	Ollie Jackson	AmD Tuning	Audi	0.687s	16
11	Daniel Lloyd	BTC Norlin	Honda	0.695s	18
12	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing	Honda	0.757s	16
13	Rob Austin	HMS Racing	Alfa Romeo	0.863s	18
14	Colin Turkington	WSR	BMW	0.887s	16
15	Matt Neal	Team Dynamics	Honda	0.931s	16
16	Ash Sutton	Team BMR	Subaru	0.954s	17
17	Tom Oliphant	Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes	0.971s	10
18	Jason Plato	Team BMR	Subaru	1.052s	18
19	Michael Caine	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1.055s	15
20	Aiden Moffat	Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes	1.079s	13
21	Stephen Jelley	Team Parker Racing	BMW	1.081s	18
22	Andrew Jordan	WSR	BMW	1.114s	17
23	Tom Chilton	Motorbase	Ford	1.125s	17
24	Rory Butcher	AmD Tuning	MG	1.201s	14
25	Josh Cook	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	1.287s	12
26	Chris Smiley	BTC Norlin	Honda	1.329s	9
27	Ricky Collard	WSR	BMW	1.468s	20
28	James Cole	Motorbase	Ford	1.576s	11
29	Sam Smelt	AmD Tuning	Audi	1.790s	11
30	Glynn Geddie	AmD Tuning	MG	2.070s	18
31	Ollie Pidgley	Team Hard	Volkswagen	2.456s	18